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Revolutionary Road (US - BD)
Gabe kind of wishes that this particular revolution hadn't been televised...
Disaffected upper middle class couple Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) move to a road named Revolutionary in one of New York City's wealthy Connecticut suburbs, and have a couple of kids. After April's dreams of acting fame fizzle and Frank's job proves limited, April drops a bomb – she wants to move to France, where she'll work and Frank will 'find himself'. Unfortunately things are never that easy.
The Revolutionary Road trailers didn't lie to me, it's not full of subtlety or a lack of Oscar bait. It's also a lot like Mad Men, minus any sense of faith in its audience. I know that Richard Yates' novel predates the AMC series by decades, so the source story cannot be accused of mimicking any of the show's plot elements, or even its dissection of white American culture during the early 1960s, but there are still plenty of unattractive comparisons to be made. The comparisons start with big elements like characters, and dribble down to minor elements and subtext.
The film's themes are common and the momentum is predictable. The angst is also occasionally obnoxious, especially after one considers director Sam Mendes' back catalogue, which includes uber-angst-fests like American Beauty and Jarhead (even Road to Perdition is kind of angst ridden). Revolutionary Road is overflowing with frustrated people that just don't know what to do with themselves or the people around them, and the time period isn't enforced enough for me to not be frustrated by their emotional impotence.
The Oscar bait-tastic cast is on top game, assuming they were projecting to a theatre audience, and there just happened to be a camera crew there to pick it up. The timing of the dialogue, and the lack of subtly reminded me of stage acting, like the kind seen and award nominated recently in Doubt, and I don't think it quite fits the material. The show stopper, almost literally, is Michael Shannon as mental patient John Givings, who pushes things to near histrionic levels, but somehow also manages to also be the best thing about the entire picture—by a long shot. Shannon instigates the best scenes between the leads, and electrifies the otherwise monotonous and repetitive narrative.
The one thing Mendes can match the Mad Men directors for time after time is visuals that speak poetic volumes beyond the obvious. I don't think that Mendes is capable of making an ugly film (which is why I think he's a bad choice for an adaptation of Garth Ennis' 'Preacher'). Sometimes the tone poem is a little too obvious, like when Frank has half his face deeply shadowed while being 'two-faced' with his wife, but it is rather regularly beautiful to look at.
Revolutionary Road, as stated, is a good looking film, and it looks slightly above average in 1080p, and 2.35:1 widescreen. The transfer is not without its grain, but it's not swimming in it either. The edges aren't the sharpest either, and there is some compression and sharpness enhancement, though nothing beyond the acceptability of a studio hi-def transfer. The sharpness is a minor issue, specifically during darker shots. When in high and even lighting the transfer looks pretty fantastic, but when filmed under more naturalistically means (look to the scene where DiCaprio and Winslet walk Shannon through the woods) there's some softness, and some minor bleeding. The more stylized indoor sequences are often warmly tinted with auburns, which likely leads to some compression noise in standard definition, but excepting the grain these scenes are pretty clean, and the colours remarkably solid. These scenes also feature pretty severe contrast, which leads to some effectively deep blacks, even if they aren't always entirely without a little colour perversion.
Revolutionary Road is a remarkably well centred film aurally. The soundtrack starts in the middle, and for the most part it stays right there for two hours. The film is largely dependent on dialogue, but it also features its fair share of dialogue, and if you like dialogue, well then just wait until you hear the dialogue. There are a few minor blips of surround involvement like passing cars, rain, or chirping birds, but otherwise the sound effects are either absent or recorded on set. Sometimes the dialogue, which is always clear and clean, is inconsistent in warmth, and naturalism (it doesn't look like ADR, but it certainly sounds like it). Thomas Newman's minimalist score is deceptively traditional in many respects, but he develops some impressive motifs out of utter simplicity. The score is well represented in the front three channels, and is often the loudest element of the entire Dolby TrueHD track.
Despite his inarguably pretentious film catalogue ( inarguable I say!), Sam Mendes seems to be a pretty down to earth guy on this commentary track, approaching the filming like a technical exercise, and the plotting like a puzzle. He's joined on this track with screenwriter Justin Haythe, who's not much of a talker. The track is surprisingly welcoming and more entertaining than the film itself, at least for a while. There's no mention of Mad Men, and unfortunately a lack of specifics on adaptation.
'Lives of Quiet Desperation' (29:00 HD) is a goofily self-important little making-of featurette that sort of skirts that line between informative and advertising. When focusing on the actual filming process the participants are pretty with-it and engaging, but when they delve into the subtext things get a little cloudy. 'Richard Yates: The Wages of Truth' (26:00 HD) is much more interesting to me, as an idiotically un-read moron who's never actually heard of Yates. The author's life and career is covered in a rather exacting fashion by friends, family, and critics. Like most talented authors the guy had his share of personal problems, and his story is a bit of a downer.
The disc is finished off with fourteen deleted scenes, all featuring optional commentary with Mendes and Haythe. I thank God for the cutting, as the scenes would've made an overlong movie too brutal to watch, but I am surprised at the general quality of the scenes on the whole, and wonder about some of Mendes' editing choices (as he does here as well).
I'm firmly not fond of Revolutionary Road, and I think it represents a continued downward slope in director Sam Mendes' career. The once promising first time director of American Beauty is slowing becoming a practitioner of only Stanley Kubrick's worst elements. He seems to have forgotten any balancing lessons from one time teacher Steven Spielberg, and Revolutionary Road is the perfect representation of a cold and calculated look at an otherwise compelling subject. The parallels to AMC's Mad Men only add to the heart ache. It's a massive disappointment for me, though a satisfying disc in terms of audio and visual content. The extras aren't bad either.
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Cliff23 Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 85
I never came out of a movie more confused. The acting was great, but I couldn't sympathise with any of the carachters. Even the nudity was awfull.
sec127 Member Join Date: January 2008 Location: United States Posts: 192
whatever dude, this was a great film. i can agree that Mendes's work has gown down a bit, namely Jarhead, but Revolutionary Road is profound and dark with amazing performances. one of my favorites.
Chamboosy Member Join Date: July 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 111
I've not yet watched this, but everything keeps on telling me not to. Di Caprio looks great, and Winslet looks bearable. But Revolutionary Road looks like a hard film to watch, definitely doesn't look like the cheeriest film on the block and from some reports, could be even more depressing than Dancer In The Dark: Remixed.
Good review as usual Gabe.
Good review as usual Gabe.
Arch Angel Member Join Date: April 2008 Location: United States Posts: 79
I really hated this movie. I hated both Frank and April, I hated what they did to each other, and I hated how it was all pain and shouting and crying. This was actually the last date my ex and I went on, which is kind of ironic actually.
'Whatever dude': sorry bro, didn't mean to harsh your mellow.
Samuel Member Join Date: July 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 145
So does the reviewer like or dislike Mad Men? It's hard to work out from the review and thus hard to work out the opinions on this film.
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
Samuel wrote: So does the reviewer like or dislike Mad Men? It's hard to work out from the review and thus hard to work out the opinions on this film.
He does like Mad Men. If you run a search for it you can find his review of the first season.
"I'm firmly not fond of Revolutionary Road, and I think it represents a continued downward slope in director Sam Mendes' career."
"It's a massive disappointment"
I'm not sure how these opinions are hard to work out.
He does like Mad Men. If you run a search for it you can find his review of the first season.
"I'm firmly not fond of Revolutionary Road, and I think it represents a continued downward slope in director Sam Mendes' career."
"It's a massive disappointment"
I'm not sure how these opinions are hard to work out.
How is it hard to work out "I'm firmly not fond of Revolutionary Road"? I also inferred pretty obviously towards liking Mad Men, I can't actually make out how what I said wasn't clear on the subject...
Samuel Member Join Date: July 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 145
Hmm I suppose it was this comment "The parallels to AMC's Mad Men only add to the heart ache." in particular that led to the confusion and "there are still plenty of unattractive comparisons to be made." caused me to believe otherwise. But reading your comments I see that I got the wrong end of the stick.
Yes I did read the summation, and the review did cast the film in a negative light but I just couldn't tell if you were comparing it to what you considered a good TV series or a bad TV series, that is all. But my confusion has now been cleared up.
Yes I did read the summation, and the review did cast the film in a negative light but I just couldn't tell if you were comparing it to what you considered a good TV series or a bad TV series, that is all. But my confusion has now been cleared up.
Ah ha! Caught you reading the overall instead of the rest of the review! You owe me a quarter. Or whatever the UK equivalent is.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Portuguese and Spanish
Extras: Director/Writer Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Lives of Quiet Desperation, Richard Yates: The Wages of Truth, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Micheal Shannon, Kathy Bates
Genre: Drama
Length: 118 minutes
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With the loss of leading scorer Zach Mann, Jacobs said the team will play tough defense and use a balanced offensive attack to win games this season.
"Playing tough defense is what will keep us in games," Jacobs said. "Right now our biggest upside is the willingness to work hard on the defensive side of the floor."
The Eagles have four returners with varsity experience, two of which have started basketball games. Troy Lusk, a full-time starter a year ago, has stepped up in practice and done a good job, Jacobs said. Lusk leads with both his voice and his example.
Replacing a player like Mann who can score in bunches won't be easy, Jacobs said, but the Eagles will attack with a number of players.
"Regardless if you have a player who can score or not you want to spread your scoring around," Jacobs said. "This year everyone will be involved in the offense. If one guy is having an off night, someone will be there to pick it up."
Jacobs and the Eagles will use their stingy zone defense and balanced scoring to hopefully be a contender in the Sandhills Conference.
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Sandhills-Thedford will also contend due to their height and decent athletes, Jacobs added.
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"It's too early for me to tell right now. I'll know more after we have a couple games under our belt," Jacobs said. "I see us being very competitive like always and the kids will step up."
The Eagles biggest challenge this season, starting Friday in a matchup with Wauneta-Palisade at 7:30 p.m., is adjusting to a new starting lineup and getting used to new players.
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The Tornado (1-9-2) pressured the Bulldogs early and often in the first half as they outshot Union 10-4 in first frame. Kendale Liburd had King's first scoring chance in the 19th minute as he took a header off a corner kick that was saved by CJ Hopkins. Thomas Dube followed with an excellent chance in the 20th minute, but his shot was just a touch high as it clanked off the crossbar.
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Hicks finally broke through with 14 seconds left in the half as Murphy fed him a pass from the baseline on the right of the goal. Hicks received the pass in the center of the field and slid his shot into the open net for his first career goal, giving King a 1-0 advantage.
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Neither team was able to score in the final four minutes as the game headed to overtime. The Tornado had a chance in the 92nd minute, but Ryan Cobain's shot was turned away by Hopkins. Butcher took a free kick for Union in the 100th minute, and he placed his shot on net. However, the attempt was stopped by Kari Sveinsson and the game went to a second overtime.
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50?? Gosh I need to make some kick ass films and get wealthy! Glad to see everyone joining the party! Awesome work red team!!!!
50?? Gosh I need to make some kick ass films and get wealthy! Glad to see everyone joining the party! Awesome work red team!!!!
Jesus, that came out of nowhere!
Well done!
YES, I knew it!!
Ha ha, CONGRATS Jim and RED TEAM!!
Dude. Seriously. That is great news. I was having a discussion with some people the other day, and they said "It's so hard to convince big studio people to shoot red." I said, look, I know its hard to sell to the corporate types when they see the aggressive art direction on the website, but trust me, these are the best digital cinema cameras IN THE WORLD TODAY. Thanks for the vote of confidence Mr. Cameron. Thank you Jim Jannard, Thank you Jarred Land, Thank you Deanan, Thank you John S., Thank You Graemme, Thank you Ted, Thank you Kelly, Thank you Bomb Squad Reps. Seriously. Thank you all at Red for making my life as an artist and technician better.
Congrats Jim and RED team!! Thats awesome news!
awesome news! can't wait to see what he does with them...!
A guy who can buy ANY camera on earth. This is a statement.
Gee, I wonder what movie he is buying these for? hehe
Also, this is interesting news in light of the recent Cameron-Pace - Arri 3d collab.
Congrats to the Red team. All the skeptics can throw all the haterade they want... but I can officially be proud of the fact that I own the same camera James Cameron will shoot with.
I sure couldn't say this a few years ago.
Heheh, it was only a matter of time. Awesome news!
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Earlier this month we revealed that Google had chosen ASUS to produce their upcoming "Nexus tablet." This report was later echoed by Digitimes, who said the 7-inch tablet could arrive as early as May. This has been the hottest Android rumor of the month so we have continued to ask around and dig up more details. We just received some new information, so read on for the full report.
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I'd love it even more if it lasted longer. I think the Frasier Fragrance is wonderful - clean and woodsy, but the fragrance of the soap did not last well. Long before we used up the bar, it had no smell at all. Given the price, this is very disappointing.
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A friend of mine has just started surfing and has asked me for advice on his first board. He's a little over 14st and about 5'10" and is a pretty strong paddler.
My first thought was that he should do what most people would and get a nice, big, custom mini-mal - probably about 7'10" / 22".
But .... someone has recommended that he gets a 6'2" fish instead. I've heard it said before that it's easier to learn on a egg shaped fishtail board but I've never known anyone that actually followed that route.
Bearing in mind that he's learning in the UK - what does everyone think about this?


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Pope Francis holds 'encouraging' reform talks with cardinals
c. 2013 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The special committee of eight cardinals created by Pope Francis with the goal of dramatically reforming the Vatican's governance got off to an "encouraging" start, the Vatican's chief spokesman said Wednesday (Oct. 2), with a warning not to expect regular updates.
The Rev. Federico Lombardi said Francis met with the so-called Gang of Eight, or the Vatican G-8, on Tuesday and Wednesday to seek their counsel on possible reforms ranging from pastoral work with families and the role of the laity to the prickly issue of tackling the Vatican bureaucracy.
The group, which is led by Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras and includes Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, will also meet Thursday, and will gather periodically in the future.
Lombardi cautioned that the closed-door meetings would not produce public documents or statements, and that any changes eventually made as a result of the talks would be made by the pope alone.
"We must abandon the expectation of documents or decisions from this council," Lombardi told reporters Wednesday. "The fruits of this process will be in the good decisions of the pope and from the knowledge of the church, the cardinals, and any others the pope may choose to consult."
Lombardi continued: "This is a long task and there have been many suggestions and contributions. One should not expect conclusions in the short term."
The meetings are taking place in the chapel of the Santa Marta guesthouse, the same place the cardinals gathered for prayer seven months ago on the eve of electing then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as pope.


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Every year, the Berlin International Film Festival hosts the four day-long Berlinale Co-Production Market. 550 experienced international producers, film financiers and film distributors as well as representatives from funding bodies, sales agents and TV channels come together to initiate international co-productions. The event takes place in the Berlin House of Representatives, directly opposite the Martin-Gropius-Bau, the venue for the European Film Market, which takes place at the same time.
Festival Director Dieter Kosslick describes the Berlinale Co-Production Market as a "kind of home for the international producers and financers attending the Berlinale." Here they can find what they are looking for at a festival: high-quality international projects, good business contacts and new opportunities for cooperation.


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8-Track wrote:
The view a couple of day ago... Click for full...
Link to original, please?
Invictus wrote:
8-Track wrote:
The view a couple of day ago... Click for full...
Link to original, please?
Here you go.
I find the amount of dock icons in some of these captures amusing but I guess I just find Alfred so much better for app launching. But that is just personal preferences
I keep my dock icons and my menubar icons as minimal as possible. Every added menubar icon makes me cringe.
Pokrface wrote:
I'd been meaning to try that out myself since I don't care for the proliferation of menu bar icons. My menu bar is nice and clean now:
I have a feeling I'll be purchasing this in a week or two.
Desktop is from Simple Desktops.
Padgeman wrote:
I gave Bartender a try after a few recommendations here and had problems with full-screen applications while it was running. That plus a general lack of polish mean I can't keep it running for any extended period of time, no matter how nice and clean it makes my menu bar... oh well.
Padgeman wrote:
Here is my current MacBook Pro setup at Work:
I have a nitpick of having all three wallpapers match or at least be seamless and finding decent triple monitor wallpaper is a chore so this was the easiest hack.
No items "pinned" to Dock besides Finder
Mac Pro setup at work as of today, thanks to the Bing image of the day.
Sorry, Pokrface, I have a shitton of menubar icons.
Padgeman wrote:
Yes. Been using this since its beta -- then bought it. Minimize your menulings!
Dig the background, herko. I love the font the London Underground uses.
Pokrface wrote:
Dig the background, herko. I love the font the London Underground uses.
<design nerd> In case you're curious, it's called Johnston, and a commercial version is available from the P22 Type Foundry </design nerd>
Jonathon wrote:
I gave Bartender a try after a few recommendations here and had problems with full-screen applications while it was running.
Hmm. You can set Bartender to expand the menu items in a new bar or just inside the main menubar. I have it do the latter, and it doesn't interfere with fullscreen apps.
That plus a general lack of polish
Maybe this isn't the thread, but I think you'd have to expand on that. It seems to do just what it says on the tin, consistently.
The only issue I have had with Bartender is with the "MailTab for Gmail". If you configure it to only show in Bartender and only show update for x amount of seconds when a change occurs, the menu item will show each time it seems it is polling for new mail, not when new mail arrives as I was expecting. Not a deal breaker and probably nothing Bartender can properly handle anyway. The only other nice feature would be if you could control certain menu items to display within Bartender or the Menu bar based on being on battery or ac power - IE place the battery status menu item in bartender while charging but when on battery display the menu item normally.
Thanks to the recommendation here I'm trying out BarTender, and it is awesomesauce. It looks much nicer.
The only menu icon that will not go into the bartender bar or be hidden is Microsoft SkyDrive, which is a regrettable piece of software on the Mac. It has been trying to sync 381 kb for at least 6 hours, too.
Sparrow seems to act a little funky with it, too, showing up every time it checks mail rather than when it actually receives mail. Ideally, there'd be a way for me to set Bartender to show Sparrow only when new mail arrives and the menubar icon lights up blue, and then *keep* it in the menubar until all mail has been read. But, hey, whatevs. I'll take it like it is. Being able to hide everything is awesome.
hehhee that's pretty funny - link to tiger?
FoO wrote:
hehhee that's pretty funny - link to tiger?
National Geographic Photo Contest 2012.
inpher wrote:
FoO wrote:
hehhee that's pretty funny - link to tiger?
National Geographic Photo Contest 2012.
If you don't feel like doing your own cropping you can head over to 4walled.cc and type "Water tiger" in the search box and scroll down on the results.
Updated with geektool and bartender, happy with this one :-)
fazulzip wrote:
Updated with geektool and bartender, happy with this one :-)
It seems...very minimal.
There's nothing interesting on my desktop, from a widget standpoint.
Virtual screen 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33743995@N ... 3598185567
Virtual screen 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33743995@N ... 3598185567
Virtual screen 3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33743995@N ... 598185567/
None of them are particularly rare, but I like 'em.
Page… I don't even know where?! No yuo!
Much <3 for Bartender as mentioned above, it's a whole new world! I love that it'll show the active ones for 5sec when they have something to say and ignore them the rest of the time. And I LOVE being rid of Notification Center and Spotlight.
Surely some of you have shiny new desktops post-WWDC. Surely.
What's the procedure for posting my desktop on my MBP? Haven't done it in years. Thanks.
Jammer53 wrote:
What's the procedure for posting my desktop on my MBP? Haven't done it in years. Thanks.
Thanks Jonathan. I now have a screenshot on my desktop. What's the procedure to post it?
I tried to drag and drop it in a reply, but only got a line of script.
I promise, it'll put a smile on your face (unless your dead).
Jammer: you might try uploading it to http://droplr.com. It's free and you can direct-link it from there.
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Do you work at NASA? AMNH?
Full resolution (2560x1440): http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3825/9249430959_d3254bb30b_o.png
Found buried in the attic. Still going strong!
Is it a lamp iMac?
It's actually a PowerMac G4, my lamp iMac went to the great beyond some years ago. I tell ya, browsing the modern web on a 400MHz G4 isn't always easy.


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Columbus State Community College had a record number of students graduate yesterday - so many that it had to move the ceremony to the Celeste Center at the state fairgrounds. "More than 400,000 students have received Columbus State diplomas, but this class is special. It is our first graduating class with more than 1,000 students," President David Harrison said to jubilant applause. To be exact, there are 1,004 graduates, all of whom got there through a lot of perseverance, dedication, talent and hard work, he said.
Columbus State Community College had a record number of students graduate yesterday - so many that it had to move the ceremony to the Celeste Center at the state fairgrounds.
"More than 400,000 students have received Columbus State diplomas, but this class is special. It is our first graduating class with more than 1,000 students," President David Harrison said to jubilant applause.
To be exact, there are 1,004 graduates, all of whom got there through a lot of perseverance, dedication, talent and hard work, he said.
Harrison gave a shout-out to 60-year-old William Womack, a custodian in the Columbus school district for 32 years whose mother was finally going to see her son pick up a diploma. He missed out on his high-school graduation in 1971 because he had to take a summer class. Forty-two years later, she saw him walk across the stage for his associate degree.
Harrison credited the swelling tide of graduates to more students choosing the school as a stepping stone to a four-year degree, thanks to several new partnerships with Ohio universities, and an increase in working adults returning to college to train for a new career.
And, Harrison said, there's the price - at $3,679 this past school year, it's about a third of what most of Ohio's public universities charge. About 60 percent of Columbus State's students graduate without debt.
Out of high school, Sarah Skeen, 29, of Sunbury, originally wanted to study music at Otterbein University, a private liberal-arts school in Westerville. But she had to pay for college herself and was scared off by the nearly $17,000 price tag.
"Working for a large credit-card company in their collections department at the time, I was fully aware of how easy it was to find myself in debt - and that was the last thing I wanted to do," she said.
Like many other working students, Skeen experienced a few hiccups that extended her studies at Columbus State. She started by working part time, taking a few classes and living at home. Two years later, she took a full-time job, moved out on her own and reduced schoolwork to one class a quarter.
She then changed her major, and after a year in her new program had to drop out for almost two years because of a personal crisis.
Skeen returned to Columbus State and set a goal: to earn her college degree before her 30th birthday.
"It may have taken me a lot longer than others to obtain it, but I never gave up."
She graduated yesterday - 12 years after she started at the college and one month and five days before turning 30. And she did it without a student loan.
Ashley Pittman, 23, of Logan, signed up for classes in early 2011 out of desperation.
"I was unemployed, barely maintaining finances, and desperate to end the cycle of dead-end jobs leading me nowhere but extreme hardships," she said.
Pittman briefly attended Ohio University after graduating from high school in 2007, but she dropped out after getting pregnant. She tried going to Hocking College and later Columbus State but was overwhelmed by the strains of juggling work and a baby.
Then in 2011, she watched her former classmates prepare to graduate and realized that if she didn't go back to school then, she probably never would.
"I did it so one day my son could see how his mother scrapped and sacrificed to make a better life for him," she said.
Pittman landed a job as a youth leader at Buckeye Ranch, a residential treatment center for troubled children in Grove City. She plans to start taking classes at Ohio State University in the fall to earn a master's degree in social work.
Others find the individualized attention they need at Columbus State to get through school.
Gloria Mitchell, 49, of Groveport, worked in medical transcription for more than 20 years when she decided she'd had enough. "I started having problems with my hearing, and I realized I was working 10 to 12 hours a day to make what other people could make in half that time," she said.
Encouraged by her husband to try something else, Mitchell took a class at Fairfield Career Center. Although she was nervous because she had never done well in high school, she earned an A, which gave her the courage to enroll at Columbus State in June 2011.
Because Mitchell had lost more than 60 percent of her hearing, campus officials directed her to the disability office, where she met Sheryl Killen, supervisor of interpreting and captioning services, who became her "Columbus State angel."
"I remember a few times when I ended up in her office close to tears over last-minute issues with different classes, she literally dropped everything she was doing to help me," Mitchell said.
Mitchell graduated yesterday with an associate degree in mental health, addiction studies and developmental disabilities. She is interviewing for jobs to help others with disabilities and hopes to go on to Ohio State to earn a bachelor's in social work.


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The AAAI Publications Committee has selected me as the new Editor of AI Magazine, starting with this issue. I am honored by the appointment and look forward to the opportunity to guide the magazine as it begins its third decade of publication.
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IF YOU do like to be beside the seaside, then Cwmbran could be added as an alternative place to visit this summer as an urban beach comes to the town.
More than 150 tonnes of white sand is set to arrive to transform Cwmbran Shopping's Gwent Square into a temporary free beach from July.
Organisers say it will allow visitors to relax on deck chairs, feast on ice cream and take part in beach yoga sessions from July 12 until September 2.
There will be beach games and live music, in addition to a community fashion show, and local retailers will have special offers and product samples for shoppers throughout the season.
Developed by permanent and temporary urban beach specialists Beach Events, the 20m2 beach has already been successfully placed in tropical destinations such as Antigua and Spain.
The company hopes to source the sand from local suppliers, but may seek to import from further afield to ensure a Caribbean-style white colouring.
The urban beach is being billed as one of the largest event in Cwmbran Shopping's history and forms part of the centre's Summer Fun campaign as the team aims to alter its events programme to give more back to the community.
Paul Rich, centre manager at Cwmbran Shopping, said: "We pride ourselves on delivering the best customer experience.
"The beaches developed by Beach Events have been used at the Olympics, in addition to popular festivals such as the Isle of Wight, and we're thrilled to be able to bring it to Cwmbran.
"To have 150 tonnes of sand in the centre of Cwmbran will be fantastic for the local community. The beach will allow people to enjoy a white sandy beach without having to travel far afield."
Bob Wellington, leader of Torfaen council, said: "People flock to Cwmbran Shopping from across the region and this wonderful beach initiative for their Summer Fun campaign is an exciting addition to the attractions in Cwmbran."


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Change to Delhi is a delight, bearing the complexities, the contradictions, the beauty and the dynamism of a city where the past coexists with the present. Many dynasties ruled from here and the city is rich in the architecture of its monuments. Diverse cultural elements absorbed into the daily life of the city have enriched its character.
Exploring Delhi
Places of interest for a visitor to Delhi are the Qutub Minar, the Red Fort, Purana Quila, Jantar Mantar, Humayun's Tomb, Jama Masjid, Safdarjung's Tomb, India Gate, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Rajghat and Lakshmi Narayan Mandir.
Tourists find a wide choice of items- such as carpets, silks, jewellery, leather and silver ware, handicrafts and hand-printed cotton - that are synonymous with India. Each item is available in a range of prices, depending on the quality and the outlet.
Off Chandni Chowk are Dariba, the silver market, Khari Baoli, the spice market and Kinari Bazar for trimmings and tinsel. There are antique stores behind Jama Masjid and more lining the entrance to the Red Fort as well as at Sundernagar. On Baba Kharak Singh Marg, are the numerous government State Emporia which afford a glimpse of the handicrafts of each state. There are also the craft bazaars at the Dilli Haat. Shopping centers of South Delhi- South Extension, Greater Kailash I and II, Green Park, Hauz Khas Village and the Santushi Shopping Arcade are more upmarket haunts which offer a combination of ethnic chic and designer labels, Indian and international.
Major Festivals
The Republic Day parade on 26 January every year is the most colourful of the city's festival events and the biggest crowd puller. During the winter months there is the Vintage Car Rally, the Balloon Mela, the Surajkund Crafts Mela and the Delhi Tourism's Garden Festival. Holi on the onset of spring, Janmashtami in August and Dassehra in October are some of the religious festivals.
from November until the end of March - daytime temperatures between 21 and 30°C (70-86°F). April, May and June temperatures can get as hot as 45°C (113°F). The best time to visit India is in the winter. 3 major seasons. Winter summer and monsoon.
Indian Rupee (INR)
English is widely spoken and understood in all cities and Tourist areas. Hindi is the official language.
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Wedding Fireworks West Meon, 28th April 2012
07/05/12 11:08 Filed in: Wedding Firworks | Hampshire | musical display
28th April, West Meon Hampshire
In late April we fired a fantastic musical display to Highland Cathedral for a wedding in Hampshire. On the day our display team had to deal with terrible weather all day to make sure the bride and groom still got their display, which thankfully we did =)
The client had asked for some really nice big shell in the finale. You can see the pictures below of the display shell being prepared for launch and loaded into the tubes.
The client was really please with the display and emailed us to say "Everyone agreed it was the best fireworks they had seen, it truly was phenomenal. Every thank you letter dwells on how fantastic the fireworks were. Thank you so so much. Well done Flashpoint Fireworks!"
The bigger display shells all ready to be loaded into the tubes.
The biggest Spanish display shell.
The big one going into the large display tube.
DON'T FORGET Capethorne Hall - Firework Champions Event
In August this year we will be taking part in another competition, you can't keep us away from them really! We have some great music tracks lined up for this display. Why not come along and see our display on the 11th August 2012 at Capsthorne. For more details visit www.capesthornefireworks.co.uk
If you would like further information about the firework displays Flashpoint provide please use the contact us form on this site or call us on 01483 417475. We look forward to hearing from you.


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Two people hurt in crash on Highway 47
YAMHILL — Alcohol was a factor in a two-vehicle crash that injured two people Sunday on Highway 47 near Goodin Creek Road, north of Yamhill, according to the Oregon State Police.
Troopers gave this account of the 11:33 a.m. crash:
Gary Clark 62, of 2300 N.W. Country Lane, No. 51, Gaston, was northbound on the highway in a 1986 Nissan pickup when he approached another vehicle that was stopped to make a left turn onto Goodin Creek.
Clark braked hard, lost control of his vehicle and it went onto the paved shoulder. He over-corrected and the vehicle shot across the northbound lane and into the southbound lane, colliding with a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Shelia White-Clark, 42, of 215 N.W. Ash St., McMinnville.
Clark was transported by Life Flight helicopter to the Oregon Health and Science University and was reported in critical condition Monday. White-Clark was taken by ground ambulance to OHSU with non-life threatening injuries and has been discharged.
OSP Senior Trooper Bridget Taylor said Clark will be charged with one count each of third-degree assault, driving under the influence of intoxicants, driving without a license, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person. His blood alcohol content was .21, nearly three times the presumed level of intoxication in Oregon of .08. Seat belt information was not available for either driver.
OSP was assisted by the Yamhill and Washington County sheriff's offices, Gaston Fire Department and Oregon Department of Transportation. The highway was closed for a period of time.


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The Workshops at the Twentieth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
The AAAI-05 workshops were held on Saturday and Sunday, July 9-10, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The thirteen workshops were Contexts and Ontologies: Theory, Practice and Applications, Educational Data Mining, Exploring Planning and Scheduling for Web Services, Grid and Autonomic Computing, Human Comprehensible Machine Learning, Inference for Textual Question Answering, Integrating Planning into Scheduling, Learning in Computer Vision, Link Analysis, Mobile Robot Workshop, Modular Construction of Humanlike Intelligence, Multiagent Learning, Question Answering in Restricted Domains, and Spoken Language Understanding.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v26i4.1855
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Housing enablement
We'll help you deliver the housing your customers need, without damaging the local area that is equally precious to them.
Demographic changes continue to drive the demand for more housing. Public authorities face a challenge to increase housing supply but minimise its impact on sensitive sites, especially green-field locations. Our specialist team will help you tread the line between providing enough housing and protecting your local heritage – with all the support you need in following the government's guidelines and involving your customers in your decisions.
A range of approaches to housing enablement
Whether you need to secure residential allocations on surplus sites, promote strategic landholdings for comprehensive development or regenerate run-down older urban areas, we have the experience and skills to help you make it happen.
We can also support you in partnering other organisations in the design, delivery and management of specialist supported housing such as for extra care.
The drive for increased sustainability is rapidly changing the development process. We are experienced in delivering sustainable development, and can provide sound advice on ways of achieving each level of the Code for Sustainable Homes and the financial impact of reaching each level.
Community engagement
Key to the successful planning and delivery of new housing is a degree of buy-in from the local community, including parish councils. Consultation gives stakeholders an opportunity to outline their ideas and concerns, which can then be feed back into the site selection and design process. Through objective facilitation, we have skills to plan, guide and manage events to ensure that, with clear thinking, good participation and full buy-in, the collective objectives of the client and participants are met effectively.
Many authorities are finding that regeneration on any significant scale has become increasingly difficult. Costs have increased due to the greater sustainability requirements of new homes, values have fallen and funding has become more difficult to achieve. Effective regeneration is often achieved through a partnership approach, which may include securing financial support and the expertise of private and public sector organisations.
The public/private partnership model is a popular option, and HCC Property Services has direct experience of using this model for delivering urban regeneration in challenging economic conditions.
We are also experienced at promoting developer-led, mixed use schemes, and securing appropriate levels of community facilities and infrastructure whilst maintaining the financial viability of the wider scheme.
Extra care housing
The UK has an ageing population, and older people now expect greater choice in housing and care solutions – the traditional model of care in the home, sheltered housing and residential care no longer reflects the needs of individuals or of society. One solution is extra care housing, where apartments that meet Lifetime Homes standards are offered for sale or rent with 24-hour care and flexible support packages to meet changing health needs of residents. This form of housing is usually delivered through local authority and RSL partnerships, but with a reduction in HCA and Department of Health grant, we can help you examine the potential for cross-subsidy from other integrated commercial development. We can help you explore all the relevant models, testing the financial feasibility and assisting in brokering negotiations with planning authorities.
SHLAA/LDF site promotion
The purpose of the SHLAA is for each local planning authority to identify sites with the potential for new housing, assess the number of homes likely to be deliverable on each site, and establish when they are likely to be developed. HCC Property Services can provide a comprehensive approach to the promotion of sites through the development plan process, from small individual sites to large landholdings, including necessary surveys and research undertaken in order to promote the site to its best advantage.
Affordable housing
Delivering new affordable housing can be challenging, particularly in rural areas where even relatively small schemes can be perceived as a threat to the status quo in villages. Even after parish needs surveys have confirmed a demand, management of the project requires strong advocacy and effective communication to ensure that local people have all the facts and can make judgements accordingly. Communities need to be involved throughout to ensure ownership of and support for schemes. HCC Property Services has experience of delivering rural affordable housing with delivery partner RSLs, and can help develop appropriate strategies to ensure success. It also has experience of promoting unallocated land under 'rural exceptions' policies.
Louise Hague
Senior Development Manager
01962 847801
Over the last five years, as part of our wider disposals programme, HCC Property Services has sold land that has provided 500 affordable homes and facilitated the provision of 500 extra care units across Hampshire.


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Canadian World Fund: Investment Update-Unaudited
By: Marketwired .
Feb. 5, 2013 02:57 PM
TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/05/13 -- Canadian World Fund Limited (TSX:CWF) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at January 31, 2013 was $5.51, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns of 3.4% and 2.8%, respectively. These compare with the 5.0% and 11.5% returns of the benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index, in Canadian dollar terms, for the same periods.
The closing price for CWF's common shares at January 31, 2013 was $3.59, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month market returns of 4.1% and 2.3%, respectively.
The geographic sector weightings of CWF's investment portfolio at market as of January 31, 2013 were as follows:
Canada 28.5% United States 26.7% Asia 19.2% Europe 15.4% Latin America 8.9% Australia 1.3%
The top ten investments which comprised 43.1% of the investment portfolio at market as of January 31, 2013 were as follows:
Lojas Renner S.A. (Brazil) 5.4% Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited (Hong Kong) 5.3% HDFC Bank Ltd. (India) 5.1% Cash (Canada) 4.4% Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (India) 4.2% Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (Canada) 4.2% Petrofac Limited (United Kingdom) 3.9% International Business Machines Corporation (United States) 3.6% Deere & Company (United States) 3.6% Apple Inc. (United States) 3.4%
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